Police vehicle attacked as re-polling held in Tank

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Some armed men attacked a police armoured vehicle on security duty at a polling station at Kot-Azam in Tank, triggering an exchange of fire that left one of the attackers dead on Monday.

The polling process had to be stopped for some time due to the ambush, though it resumed following a search and clearance operation by police.

The police vehicle was on security duty for re-polling on six polling stations at the National Assembly (NA-43) constituency of Tank-cum-Dera Ismail Khan.

On Feb 8, the polling did not take place at the six polling stations, including one at Kot-Azam in Tank and five in Kalachi tehsil of D.I. Khan, due to deteriorating law and order situation.

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